From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/29142 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Arnold Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Extend the fraction bar Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 17:16:00 -0700 Message-ID: <51479903-B08A-448B-AED4-55CCD3D1E4C1@cox.net> References: <44A7A74E.80509@elvenkind.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1152058687 569 80.91.229.2 (5 Jul 2006 00:18:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 00:18:07 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Jul 05 02:18:03 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fxv5W-0007VL-0c for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 02:17:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADC6A12832; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 02:17:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 10891-02; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 02:17:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 031181282C; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 02:17:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B03C1282C for ; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 02:17:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 06435-09 for ; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 02:17:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from fed1rmmtao01.cox.net (fed1rmmtao01.cox.net [68.230.241.38]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id A18E512808 for ; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 02:17:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.0.1.2] (really [70.191.56.23]) by fed1rmmtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060705001715.RXRH22974.fed1rmmtao01.cox.net@[10.0.1.2]> for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 20:17:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: <44A7A74E.80509@elvenkind.com> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:29142 Archived-At: Taco, Mojca, Thanks for the response on lengthening the main fraction bar? Any way to make the main fraction bar wider? There is a genfrac command in amslatex. Anything similar in Context? On Jul 2, 2006, at 4:00 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > David Arnold wrote: >> All, >> >> How can I extend the main fraction bar in the following expression, >> making it a tad longer? > > Just add a bit of whitespace to the right and left: > > \dfrac{\,\dfrac{9+3x-2x^2}{x^2-16}\,} > {\,\dfrac{4x^3-9x}{2x^2+5x-12}\,} > > You may want to add a \vphantom command as well to separate the > fractions from the main bar a bit more. > > > \dfrac{\,\dfrac{9+3x-2x^2}{x^2-16}\,}{\,\dfrac{4x^3-9x}{2x^2 > +5x-12}\,}. >> \placeformula >> \startformula >> \dfrac{\dfrac{9+3x-2x^2}{x^2-16}}{\dfrac{4x^3-9x}{2x^2+5x-12}}. >> \stopformula > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context